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Re: Material: Hatch rubber/foam/weather stripping?
By:JohnK
Date: 5/25/2009, 4:35 am

Look for neoprene stripping. It is the best. You can usually buy it in varying thicknesses and widths in marine stores.
JohnK

: My CLC kit came with black, self-adhesive, high-density foam weather
: stripping that's 3/8 in. thick and 3/4 in. wide. First, it should be 1/2
: inch wide. Second, even when I crudely trimmed the width, it was too dense
: to settle down far enough to have the hatch look good.

: I went to Lowe's and got some gray self-adhesive weather strip of 3/8 in. by
: 1/2 in. dimensions. It's lower density, and the hatches settled down
: nicely (using hidden bungee system with appropriate tension). BUT, I found
: that they absorbed a lot of water. On testing, I found the material
: provided by CLC absorbs little water.

: So, the question is: What works best, and where can I get it?

: Thanks

Messages In This Thread

Material: Hatch rubber/foam/weather stripping?
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Re: Material: Hatch rubber/foam/weather stripping?
JohnK -- 5/25/2009, 4:35 am
Re: Material: Hatch rubber/foam/weather stripping?
Dave Houser -- 5/25/2009, 12:27 pm
Re: Material: Hatch rubber/foam/weather stripping?
Robert N Pruden -- 5/25/2009, 3:47 pm
Re: Material: Hatch rubber/foam/weather stripping?
Glen Smith -- 5/25/2009, 6:00 pm
Re: Material: Hatch rubber/foam/weather stripping?
Robert N Pruden -- 5/26/2009, 9:20 am
Re: Material: Hatch rubber/foam/weather stripping?
Glen Smith -- 5/26/2009, 10:41 am
Re: Material: Hatch rubber/foam/weather stripping?
Robert N Pruden -- 5/26/2009, 11:03 am